Lab 2 Practice Quiz

Identify the tissues which comprise the ground/fundamental tissue system.

• Pith

• Epidermis

• Parenchyma

• Sclerenchyma

• Collenchyma

What is/are the typical characteristic(s) of parenchyma cell walls?

• Secondary

• Thick

• Unevenly thick

• Primary

• Thin

What specialized cell type is pictured?

What tissue is this an image of?

What specialized cell type is in this image?

What cell type is indicated by the arrows?

True or False: TBO will stain sclerenchyma cells red.

• True

• False

What cell type is represented by the red structures?

Select all tissues represented in this image.

• Xylem

• Phloem

• Parenchyma

• Sclerenchyma

• Mesophyll

Select all correct statements about sclerenchyma cells.

• They are usually dead at maturity.

• They are often associated with vascular tissue.

• Phloroglucinol will stain them blue because of the lignin in their cell walls.

• Their cell walls are thin.

• There is only one general cell type.